Lu Xuesen

Lu Xuesen (English name: Horace Luke, born 1970), born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States, is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and the founder of Gogoro (Gogoro Inc.). He has served as Chief Innovation Officer of HTC and was Chairman and CEO of Gogoro.

Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Lu moved to Washington State in the U.S. at the age of 13. After graduating from the University of Washington with degrees in industrial design and sculpture, he initially sold jewelry at galleries and worked as an exhibition designer. He later joined NIKE, working in brand design. In 1997, he joined Microsoft and helped develop the first-generation Xbox. He later served as Creative Director for Microsoft's mobile platform division.

In 2006, he was invited by HTC CEO Peter Chou to Taiwan, where he served as Chief Innovation Officer, leading HTC’s design team. In 2008, the HTC Touch Diamond, which he helped develop, became a global hit. He continued to design several best-selling smartphones for HTC. Together with Chou and marketing executive John Wang, they were known as HTC’s "creative golden triangle."

In July 2011, Lu resigned from his role at HTC and co-founded Gogoro in Taiwan later that year with former HTC CTO Matt Taylor, entering the electric scooter industry. In its early days, Gogoro received US$50 million in seed funding from Ruentex Group's Yin Yen-liang and HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang.

On September 13, 2024, Gogoro announced that Horace Luke resigned as Chairman and CEO. He was succeeded by Zeng Dameng, Chairman of Ruentex Investment and Legal Director of Ruentex Group, as Chairman, and Gogoro Taiwan’s General Manager Chiang Chia-wei as Acting CEO.

See also

• Gogoro
• HTC

External links

• Gogoro Management Team